It is 1922 and the inhabitants of Likóvrisi, in Anatolia, are preparing to celebrate Holy Week with a dramatized representation of the Passion. The distribution of roles falls on the Council of Elders, which chooses the young Manoliós to incarnate Christ. Meanwhile, the inhabitants of a nearby town, devastated by the Ottoman army, take refuge in Likóvrisi, which creates divisions among the neighbors: while the pope and the Elders refuse to accept them, the most modest villagers, chosen to represent Christ and his apostles, come to his aid, and this act of charity will disrupt the peaceful life of the people. In this magnificent tragicomedy Nikos Kazantzakis shows, with his characteristic lucidity and strength, how disturbing it is to faithfully abide by the values of Christianity, and thereby unmasks the hypocrisy of religious and civil institutions. Everything indicates that, if Ch...read more